
Article 1 
This Decision lays down animal health control measures in relation to African swine fever in the Member States or areas thereof as set out in the Annex (the Member States concerned).
It shall apply without prejudice to the plans for the eradication of African swine fever from feral pig populations in the Member State concerned, approved by the Commission in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 2002/60/EC.
Article 2 
The Member States concerned shall prohibit:

((a)) the dispatch of live pigs from the areas listed in Parts II or III of the Annex;
((b)) the dispatch of consignments of porcine semen, ova and embryos from the areas listed in Part III of the Annex;
((c)) the dispatch of consignments of pig meat, pig meat preparations, pig meat products and any other products containing pig meat from the areas listed in Part III of the Annex;
((d)) the dispatch of consignments of animal by-products from porcine animals from the areas listed in Part III of the Annex.
Article 3 
By way of derogation from the prohibition provided for in point (a) of Article 2, the Member States concerned may authorise the dispatch of live pigs from a holding located in the areas listed in Part II of the Annex to other areas in the territory of the same Member State provided that the pigs have been resident for a period of at least 30 days or since birth on the holding and no live pigs have been introduced into that holding during a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of the movement and

1.. the pigs have been subjected to laboratory testing for African swine fever carried out with negative results on samples taken in accordance with the sampling procedures as laid down in the plan for the eradication of African swine fever referred to in the second paragraph of Article 1 of this Decision within a period of 15 days prior to the date of the movement and a clinical examination for African swine fever has been carried out by an official veterinarian in accordance with the checking and sampling procedures laid down in Part A of Chapter IV of the Annex to Commission Decision 2003/422/EC on the date of shipment, or
2.. the pigs come from a holding:

((a)) that has been subjected at least twice a year, with an interval of at least 4 months, to inspections by the competent veterinary authority, which:

((i)) followed the guidelines and procedures laid down in Chapter IV of the Annex to Decision 2003/422/EC;
((ii)) included a clinical examination and sampling in accordance with the checking and sampling procedures laid down in Part A of Chapter IV of the Annex to Decision 2003/422/EC;
((iii)) checked the effective application of the measures provided for in the second indent and in the fourth to seventh indents of Article 15(2)(b) of Directive 2002/60/EC;
((b)) that implements bio-security requirements for African swine fever as establised by the competent authority.
((c)) in which the pigs over the age of 60 days have been subjected to the laboratory testing for African swine fever referred to in paragraph 1.
Article 4 
By way of derogation from the prohibition provided for in point (c) of Article 2, the Member States concerned may authorise the dispatch of pig meat, pig meat preparations, pig meat products and any other products consisting of or containing pig meat, from the areas listed in Part III of the Annex provided they are either:

((a)) derived from pigs which have been kept since birth in holdings located outside the areas listed in the Annex, and the pig meat, pig meat preparations and pig meat products consisting of, or containing such meat, have been produced, stored and processed in establishments approved in accordance with Article 10; or
((b)) have been produced and processed in accordance with Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/99/EC.
Article 5 
By way of derogation from the prohibition provided for in point (d) of Article 2, the Member States concerned may authorise the dispatch of derived products as referred to in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council obtained from animal by-products from porcine animals from the areas listed in Part III of the Annex provided that those by-products have been subjected to a treatment which ensures that the derived product pose no risks as regards African swine fever.
Article 6 

1. The Member States concerned shall ensure that live pigs are not dispatched from their territory to other Member States and third countries, except where those live pigs come from:
(a) areas outside those listed in the Annex;
(b) a holding where no live pigs originating from the areas listed in the Annex have been introduced during a period of at least 30 days immediately prior to the date of dispatch.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Member States concerned may authorise the dispatch of live pigs from a holding located in the areas listed in the Part I of the Annex provided that those live pigs comply with the following conditions:
(a) they have been resident for a period of at least 40 days or since birth on the holding and no live pigs have been introduced into that holding during the a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of the dispatch;
(b) they come from a holding which implements bio-security requirements for African swine fever as establised by the competent authority;
(c) they have been subjected to laboratory testing for African swine fever carried out with negative results on samples taken in accordance with the sampling procedures as laid down in the plan for the eradication of African swine fever referred to in the second paragraph of Article 1 of this Decision within a period of 15 days prior to the date of the movement and a clinical examination for African swine fever has been carried out by an official veterinarian in accordance with the checking and sampling procedures laid down in Part A of Chapter IV of the Annex to Decision 2003/422/EC on the date of shipment; or
(d) they come from a holding which has been subjected at least twice a year, with an interval of at least 4 months, to inspections by the competent veterinary authority, which:
((i)) followed the guidelines and procedures laid down in Chapter IV of the Annex to Decision 2003/422/EC;
((ii)) included a clinical examination and sampling in accordance with the checking and sampling procedures laid down in Part A of Chapter IV of the Annex to Decision 2003/422/EC;
((iii)) checked the effective application of the measures provided for provisions laid down in the second indent and in the fourth to seventh indents of Article 15(2)(b) of Directive 2002/60/EC.
3. For consignments of the live pigs referred to in this Article, the following additional wording shall be added to the corresponding health certificates referred to in:
(a) Article 5(1) of Directive 64/432/EEC, or
(b) Article 3(1) of Decision 93/444/EEC:'Pigs in compliance with Article 6(2) of Commission Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU.'
Article 7 
The Member State concerned shall ensure that no consignments of the following commodities are dispatched from their territory to other Member States and third countries:

((a)) porcine semen, unless the semen originates from boars kept at an approved collection centre as referred to in Article 3(a) of Council Directive 90/429/EEC and situated outside the areas listed in Part II and Part III of the Annex to this Decision;
((b)) ova and embryos of animals of the porcine species, unless the ova and embryos originate from donor sows kept in holdings which comply with Article 6(2) and are situated outside the areas listed in Part II and III of the Annex and the embryos are conceived with semen in compliance with point (a).
Article 8 

1. The Member State concerned shall ensure that no consignments of animal by-products from porcine animals are dispatched from their territory to other Member States and third countries, unless those porcine by-products originated from pigs originating in and coming from holdings located in the areas outside those listed in Parts II and III of the Annex.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Member States concerned may authorise the dispatch of derived products obtained from animal by-products from porcine animals from the areas listed in Part II and Part III of the Annex to other Member States and third countries provided that:
(a) those by-products are have been subjected to a treatment which ensures that the derived product obtained from porcine animals poses no risks as regards African swine fever;
(b) the consignments are accompanied by a commercial document issued as referred in Chapter III of Annex VIII to Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Article 9 

1. The Member States concerned shall ensure that consignments of fresh pig meat from pigs originating from holdings located in the areas listed in the Annex, and pig meat preparations and pig meat products consisting of, or containing meat of those pigs are not dispatched to other Member States and third countries, except where such pig meat was produced from pigs originating in and coming from holdings not located in the areas listed in Parts II or III of the Annex.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Member States concerned with areas listed in Part III of the Annex may authorise the dispatch of fresh pig meat referred to in paragraph 1 and pig meat preparations and pig meat products consisting of, or containing such pig meat, to other Member States provided that those pig meat preparations and pig meat products are derived from pigs which have been kept since birth in holdings located outside the areas listed in Part III of the Annex and the fresh pig meat, pig meat preparations and pig meat products are produced, stored and processed in establishments approved in accordance with Article 10.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Member States concerned with areas listed in Part II of the Annex may authorise the dispatch of fresh pig meat referred to in paragraph 1 and pig meat preparations and pig meat products consisting of, or containing such pig meat, to other Member States provided that those pig meat preparations and pig meat products are derived from pigs that comply with the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 or 2 of Article 3.
Article 10 
The competent authority of the Member States concerned shall only approve slaughterhouses, cutting plants and meat processing establishments for the purposes of Article 4 and Article 9(2) in which the production, storage and processing of the fresh pig meat and pig meat preparations and pig meat products consisting of or containing such pig meat eligible for dispatch to other Member States and third countries in accordance with the derogations provided for in Article 4 and Article 9(2), is carried out separately from the production, storage and processing of other products consisting of or containing fresh pig meat and pig meat preparations and pig meat products consisting of or containing meat derived from pigs originating in or coming from holdings located in areas listed in the Annex other than those approved in accordance with this Article.
Article 11 
By way of derogation from Article 9, the Member States concerned may authorise the dispatch of fresh pig meat, pig meat preparations and pig meat products consisting of or containing such meat from the areas listed in Part II or Part III of the Annex, to other Member States and third countries provided that the products in question:

((a)) have been produced and processed in compliance with Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/99/EC;
((b)) are subjected to veterinary certification in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2002/99/EC;
((c)) are accompanied by the appropriate intra-Union trade health certificate as laid down by Regulation (EC) No 599/2004 of which Part II shall be completed by the following:
'Products in accordance with Commission Implementing Decision 2014/178/EU of 27 March 2014 concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States.'
Article 12 
The Member States shall communicate to the Commission and the other Member States, every six months from the date of this Decision, the updated list of approved establishments referred to in Article 10 and any relevant information on the application of Articles 9, 10 and 11.
Article 13 

1. The Member States concerned shall ensure that:
(a) no live feral pigs from the areas listed in the Annex are dispatched to other Member States or to other areas in the territory of the same Member State;
(b) no consignments of fresh meat of feral pigs, meat preparations and meat products consisting of or containing such meat from the areas listed in the Annex are dispatched to other Member States or to other areas in the territory of the same Member State.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1(b), the Member States concerned may authorise the dispatch of consignments of fresh meat of feral pigs, meat preparations and meat products consisting of or containing such meat from the areas listed in Part I of the Annex to other areas in the territory of the same Member State not listed in the Annex, provided that the feral pigs have been tested with negative results for African swine fever in accordance with the diagnostic procedures set out in Parts C and D of Chapter VI of the Annex to Decision 2003/422/EC.
Article 14 
The Member States concerned shall ensure that the fresh meat and meat preparations and meat products subject to the prohibitions provided for in Articles 2, 9 and 13 are marked with a special health mark that is not oval and cannot be confused with:

((a)) the identification mark for meat preparations and meat products consisting of, or containing pig meat, as set out in Section I of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
((b)) the health mark for fresh pig meat as set out in Chapter III of Section I of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.
Article 15 
The Member States concerned shall ensure that:

((a)) the conditions laid down in the second and the fourth to seventh indents of Article 15(2)(b) of Directive 2002/60/EC are applied in the pig holdings located within the areas listed in the Annex to this Decision;
((b)) vehicles which have been used for the transport of pigs or animal by-products from porcine animals originating from holdings located within the areas listed in the Annex to this Decision are cleansed and disinfected immediately following each operation and the transporter provides proof of such cleansing and disinfection.
Article 16 
The Member States concerned shall inform the Commission and the other Member States, in the framework of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, of the results of the surveillance for African swine fever carried out in the areas listed in the Annex, as provided for in the plans for the eradication of African swine fever from feral pig populations approved by the Commission in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 2002/60/EC and referred to in the second paragraph of Article 1 of this Decision.
Article 17 
The Member States shall amend the measures they apply to trade so as to bring them into compliance with this Decision and they shall give immediate appropriate publicity to the measures adopted. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Article 18 
Decision 2005/363/EC, Implementing Decisions 2014/93/EU and 2014/134/EU are repealed.
Article 19 
This Decision shall apply until 31 December 2017.
Article 20 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 March 2014.
For the Commission
Tonio BORG
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

PART I
1. 
The following areas in Lithuania:


 (a) in Vilnius county (apskritis):
  — part of Vilnius district municipality(southern part from the roads No A2 (E272) and No 103),

  — Trakai district municipality and Elektrėnai municipality;

 (b) in Marijampolė county (apskritis):
  — Marijampolė municipality, Kalvarija municipality and Kazlų Rūda municipality;

 (c) in Kaunas county (apskritis):
  — Prienai district municipality and Birštonas municipality.


2. 
The following areas in Poland:

In podlaskie voivodship:


— the city of Suwałki;
— the city of Białystok;
— the municipalities of Suwałki, Szypliszki and Raczki in suwalski district;
— the municipalities of Augustów with the city of Augustów, Nowinka, Sztabin and Bargłów Kościelny in augustowski district;
— the municipalities of Krasnopol and Puńsk in sejneński district;
— the municipalities of Goniądz, Jasionówka, Jaświły, Knyszyn, Krypno and Mońki in moniecki district;
— the municipalities of Suchowola and Korycin in sokólski district;
— the municipalities of Choroszcz, Juchnowiec Kościelny, Suraż, Turośń Kościelna, Tykocin, Zabłudów and Dobrzyniewo Duże in białostocki district;
— the municipalities of Bielsk Podlaski with the city of Bielsk Podlaski, Orla and Wyszki in bielski district;
— the municipalities of Narew, Narewka, Białowieża, Czyże, Dubicze Cerkiewne and Hajnówka with the city of Hajnówka in hajnowski district.

PART II
1. 
The following areas in Lithuania:


 (a) in Vilnius county (apskritis):
  — the Šalčininkai district municipality;

 (b) in Alytus county (apskritis):
  — the Lazdijai district municipality, Varėna district municipality, Alytus district municipality, Alytus city municipality and the Druskininkai municipality.


2. 
The following areas in Poland:

In podlaskie voivodship:


— the municipalities of Giby and Sejny with the city of Sejny in sejneński district;
— the municipalities of Lipsk and Płaska in augustowski district;
— the municipalities of Czarna Białostocka, Gródek, Supraśl, Wasilków and Michałowo in białostocki district;
— the municipalities of Dąbrowa Białostocka, Janów, Krynki, Kuźnica, Nowy Dwór, Sidra, Sokółka and Szudziałowo in sokólski district.

PART III
The following areas in Italy:

All areas of Sardinia.
